Lane Kiffin has accepted a five-year deal to become Florida Atlantic’s next coach, according to multiple reports.

According to ESPN, Kiffin will stay on as Alabama’s offensive coordinator through the College Football Playoff. Alabama plays Washington in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 31.

Kiffin is a major coup for FAU, which has gone 3-9 in each of the past three seasons and fired Charlie Partridge last month. The Owls haven’t been to a bowl game since making back-to-back appearances under Howard Schnellenberger in 2007 and 2008. Since those bowl years, FAU is 28-67.

Kiffin has been the coordinator at Alabama for the past three seasons, helping the Crimson Tide win last season’s national championship and get back to the College Football Playoff with the No. 1 ranking this year.

He has been mentioned frequently for other jobs, and the former USC, Tennessee and Oakland Raiders head coach also was believed to be a candidate for the head coaching openings at Oregon and Houston that were filled in recent days.

Florida Atlantic has struggled in recent seasons.AP

Alabama coach Nick Saban recently acknowledged he wants to help Kiffin get a chance to lead a program again.

“We’ve had conversations about it,” Saban said. “He wants to be a head coach. I want him to be a head coach. I want to help him get a head coaching job. The rest of it, we have not discussed, and I don’t think it’s the right time.”

To land Kiffin, FAU must have been willing to make some serious salary upgrades. Partridge had two years left on what was a five-year, $2.7 million deal with FAU. Kiffin is making $1.4 million at Alabama.

Kiffin lasted 20 games with the Raiders in 2007 and 2008, going 5-15. He was 7-6 in 2009, his lone season at Tennessee. And he went 28-15 in parts of four seasons at USC, getting fired five games into the 2013 season.

He went to Alabama the following year and has been an annual fixture in coaching-opening whispers.